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The elimination rounds started with with the five Micro Scalextric Super Stock cars. Browsing the templates for 'progessive ladders' produced by the FIA, I found the one for a five car field - the top qualifier gets a bye in the first round, with the winner of the second place / last place qualifier race getting a bye in the semis. In the pair of first round races, the Murtaugh patrol car beat Rebecca's Porsche and the Kenny Brock Ford Focus comfortably dispatched Andy's Audi. The one semi final saw the top qualifier Nissan ease past the Focus with winning margin of 0.030 seconds. That left us with the expected Murtaugh vs Moon final - the Ford having set the fastest ET today...

   

The Ford left the line a fraction quicker, but it was the white and black Nissan that reached the finish first - a winning margin of 0.011 seconds. Here are all the stats from the eliminator races...

   

And the ladder itself...

   

Some work to do on the layout for the smaller fields, I think.

Straight after the Micro Scalextric Super Stock final came the first match race of the day. Brandon Bernstein's team had completed an engine change overnight, but would it be enough to narrow the gap?

   

The blue top fueler was off the line fractionally quicker, but the orange FRAM dragster powered down the strip to win by a comfortable 0.031 seconds. Despite a significant narrowing of the ET gap, there was still a massive top speed advantage for Massey...

Match Race #1
Spencer Massey: RT 0.623 / ET 0.718 / MPH 10.958
Brandon Bernstein: RT 0.612 / ET 0.760 / MPH 6.818

Here's the action for the Super Stock Final and the match race...